Metal News for September 26, 2014
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N.K.V.D. Streaming Songs From New Album
The industrial black metal band N.K.V.D. is set to drop new album "Hakmarrja" through Avantgarde Music next month.
"Hakmarrja" officially drops on October 17th, and pre-order info can be found at this location, while two tracks are available for streaming below. The full album's track listing is as follows:
1. Exordium
2. Hakmarrja
3. Wolfschanze
4. Za Krajla
5. The Invisible Empire
6. Travail Famille Patrie
7. Batallion Vostok
8. U.C.K.
9. Red Silence
10. Excipit More...
Godmaker Reveals New Album Details
Brooklyn metal outfit Godmaker is two New Yorkers and two Kansans who have combined forces to crush your soul, break your heart, and rattle your innards.
The band's new album "Godmaker" is due out November 11th, 2014. Pre-orders are available through Aqualamb here and you can check out an advance track below. The following press release was also issued about the band:
"This is punishingly/defiantly heavy music that inhabits uncharted parts of the sonic spectrum. Atmospheric and thunderously loud riffs are combined with bursts of melodic virtuosity and sparse minimalism to create epic, violently technical structures. With track times ranging from six and a half to well over eleven minutes, Godmaker songs are as unrelenting as they are infectious. Listeners tend to be left hopelessly head- lobbing with a shit-eating grin.
"Forged in Brooklyn by Andrew Archey (bass) and Jon Lane (drums, ex Bröhammer) in the spring of 2013, the booming rhythm section quickly found its perfect compliment close to home. Pete Ross (Vox / Guitars), already playing with Cleanteeth, was exactly the riff-maker and the voice they needed. A chance encounter also brought Jon's former bandmate, Chris Strait (guitars), of Kansan hardcore outfit The Last Tyrant, into the fold.
"Godmaker's debut self-titled release is due November 11, 2014 on Aqualamb and will be available digitally, as well as part of a new 100-page book format, featuring the artwork of Joseph Silver and Stephen Wilson. A special, limited edition cassette tape will also be available through Dullest Records. The 4-song, 33-minute LP was produced and mixed by Justin Mantooth and recorded with the help of Phil Duke.
"Proving itself a force to be reckoned with, the band has already shared the stage with the likes of Floor, Weedeater, Black Cobra, Lo-Pan, Mutoid Man, and Howl. Touring in support of the release is expected this fall."
The track listing is as follows:
1. Megalith
2. Shallow Points
3. Desk Murder
4. Faded Glory More...
Charnia Posts Full Album Online
Belgian label Consouling Sounds recently released "Dageraad," the debut full-length album from Belgium-based post-metal/drone/ambient collective Charnia. You can now hear the entire album below, courtesy of CVLT Nation.
Hailing from Waasland, Belgium, Charnia combine elements of such disparate genres as sludge, post-metal, drone, and ambient to conjure a mesmerizing atmosphere that can be equally terrifying and serene, haunting yet enchanting. More...
Veil Of Maya Parts Ways With Vocalist
Veil Of Maya has parted ways with vocalist Brandon Butler. The band issued the following announcement about the lineup change:
"Currently we are hard at work on our new studio album and while the music is almost finished, the hunt for a new vocalist is now on.
"We are very excited with how well this album is turning out and cannot wait to release it soon on Sumerian Records. We know that both our long-time AND new fans will be calling THIS their favorite Veil of Maya album of all time.
"We want to wish Brandon good luck with anything and everything that he does in the future and thank him for being a part of the band." More...
Mothwind To Release New Album
Arkansas outfit Mothwind - including members of Vore, Underclaire, and Holy Angell - is gearing up to independently release new album "In the Clutches of the Novae" on October 4th, 2014.
You can pre-order the album at this location and stream the song "Sunbender" below. The full album's track listing is as follows:
1. Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle
2. Sunbender
3. The Corsair
4. A Machined Infection
5. The Galactus Effect
6. The Art of Projection
7. The Adder
8. Entity Construct
9. Red Shift
10. The Dust Within Us More...
Alice Cooper Releasing Live DVD
The UDR label is gearing up to release Alice Cooper's "Raise The Dead – Live From Wacken," which will be the first in a new live series of legendary Wacken performances.
When Alice learned about the purpose behind it, he was very happy to be one the first to participate. The Wacken Foundation is a non-profit organization, supporting the new blood of hard rock / heavy metal music. For every sold DVD/CD € 1 will be contributed to the Wacken Foundation.
"Raise The Dead" will be available as DVD + CD Digipack. The DVD contains 22 songs from the Wacken concert and bonus material, including an interview with the man himself. The DVD track listing is:
1. Hello Hooray
2. House of Fire
3. No More Mr Nice Guy
4. Under My Wheels
5. I'll Bite Your Face Off
6. Billion Dollar Babies
7. Caffeine
8. Department of Youth
9. Hey Stoopid
10. Dirty Diamonds
11. Welcome To My Nightmare
12. Go To Hell
13. He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)
14. Feed My Frankenstein
15. Ballad Of Dwight Fry
16. Killer
17. I Love The Dead
18. Break On Through
19. My Generation
20. I'm Eighteen
21. Poison
22. Schools Out / Another Brick In The Wall More...
Foreseen HKI Offers A "Death Injection"
A full two months before it detonates upon the masses, today humanity gets a foreboding first listen to "Helsinki Savagery," the debut LP from Finnish crossover Foreseen HKI. Check out "Death Injection" below, thanks to CVLT Nation.
20 Buck Spin will unleash "Helsinki Savagery" via digital delivery and CD on November 25th, with an LP pressing to hit on February 3rd and co-released in Europe by Take It Back Records. The track listing is:
1. Slam Savagery
2. Death Injection
3. The Prowler
4. Market Target
5. Bonded By United Blood
6. Interlude
7. Structural Oppression
8. Delusions Of No Consequence
9. Both Sides Lose
10. Paving The Way More...
Necrophagia Posts New Album's Title Track
After streaming the song "Elder Things" online, the horror-obsessed death metal maniacs in Necrophagia have released another track from "WhiteWorm Cathedral."
The album's title track is streaming over at this location. "WhiteWorm Cathedral" comes out October 28th through Season Of Mist, and the track listing is as follows:
1. Reborn through Black Mass (listen here)
2. Вий
3. Angel Blake
4. Warlock Messiah
5. Fear the Priest (streaming here)
6. Elder Things
7. Coffins
8. Hexen Nacht
9. Rat Witch
10. March of the Deathcorps(e)
11. Silentium Vel Mortis
12. The Dead Among Us
13. WhiteWorm Cathedral More...
Lord Mantis Shoots New Video
The demoralizing Chicagoan collective Lord Mantis is currently immersed in the construction of a first official video, which is sure to be a disturbing and uncomforting visual experience.
Directed, shot, and currently being edited by Brooklyn-based Gretchen Heinel -- known for recent videos for industrialists Statiqbloom, Batillus and Theologian -- and produced by Profound Lore Records and New Density, the video is being created for the track "Possession Prayer" from the "Death Mask" LP.
According the band, "the video will likely not meet YouTube guidelines due to explicit content." Stand by for the video to be presented upon its completion this Fall, and check out a still photo below. You can also see the band live on these dates: More...
Neuronspoiler Parts With Drummer
Neuronspoiler today announces the departure of longstanding drummer Tim Barclay. The band had this to say:
"Having moved from London to Newcastle a while back, Tim suggested that leaving would be the best way to ensure the band’s survival. The rest of us refused to accept this and insisted that we carry on despite the 400 kilometre distance.
"Three years of one downright bitch of a commute took its toll on Tim and he finally decided this year to end his professional involvement with Neuronspoiler for good. We are still friends and throughout numerous ups and downs over the years we have never lost respect for each other.
"We wish him well and we urge everyone to see our former sticksman with his cover band Heaven or Hell? He would not approve of us delivering a Zoolander-esque ‘eugoogly’ so we will just say best of luck brother, you will be missed.
"Since this decision was taken earlier this year we have had some time to audition some very talented drummers. In the end we decided to offer the vacant drummer post to a long-time friend of the band.
"Please welcome Tom Ashcroft to Neuronspoiler! We have known Tom about as long as Neuronspoiler has been in existence since he studied at the same music school as David del Cid and former Spoiler guitarist Stanley Long. A music degree graduate, Tom brings a solid drum playing ability and a taste for electronic and experimental music as well as good old rock and roll flavour from his former band Salem’s Lot.
"We are excited to have the line-up of Neuronspoiler complete and will announce UK and overseas dates very soon. \m/" More...
Hideous Divinity Posts Lyric Video
Kick your Friday afternoon in the teeth with the rabid new lyric video for "The Alonest Of The Alone" from Italian technical death metal demolition team Hideous Divinity. Watch it below, thanks to Metal Insider.
The pitiless new number comes by way of the band's hemorrhage-inducing forthcoming full-length, "Cobra Verde," set for ignition next month via Unique Leader Records.
Based around Werner Herzog's 1987 film of the same name and crowned, "an uber-brutal, churning platter of tech-y death metal" by Decibel Magazine, Cobra Verde was recorded at 16th Cellar Studios (Hour Of Penance, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Vomit The Soul) and flaunts nine tracks of meticulously executed brutality including a searing rendition of Ripping Corpse's "The Last And Only Son."
"Cobra Verde" will be released in the U.S. on October 28th, 2014, the UK on October 27th, and the rest of Europe on October 31st. More...
Laika Streaming Full New Album
With the release of Laika's new album "Somnia" due out next week on September 30th via Filth Regime Records, the Canadian melodic death metallers have teamed up with Decibel Magazine to host the full album stream. Check it out below.
Vocalist Jordan Dorge comments: "Long time coming to get to this point. Here it is. 'Somnia' in full. We are trying to find the words to express how ecstatic we are that its finally come. We have worked very hard in this album and we hope you enjoy it in full as much as we enjoyed creating it. We are proud to be teaming up with Decibel to bring you this full album stream."
You can also see what the band had to say about the creation of "Somnia" through our recent interview over here. More...
Isenblast Streams "A Fire Of Knowledge And Power"
This past August 7th, United States black metal band Isenblast released debut EP entitled "Unleashing the Demon Scourge" on the In Satan's Custody label.
Hailing from Detroit, Michigan Isenblast play a first wave style of black metal with early death metal influences resulting in a chaotic sound. "Unleashing the Demon Scourge" includes four tracks in all with a running time of just over twenty minutes.
Check out the song "A Fire of Knowledge and Power" in the player below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. A Fire of Knowledge and Power
2. Unleashing the Demon Scourge
3. Nocturnal Offering
4. Seven Gates More...
Kayo Dot Releasing New Album
Led by founding member Toby Driver (also of Secret Chiefs 3), Kayo Dot emerged from Boston, MA in 2002 from the ashes of metal group Maudlin of the Well.
Since then, Driver has led Kayo Dot through several lineup changes and dramatic stylistic shifts: from traditional metal to atmospheric, avant-garde metal; and now with the new album "Coffins on Io," the bats-in-your-belfry hard rock of Sisters of Mercy meets Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Scritti Politti, and early Roxy Music.
Stream the first track of "Coffins On Io," entitled "Library Subterranean," in the player below. Due out October 16th, pre-orders are now available at this location. More...
Weedeater Announces New Shows
Weedeater has announced new North American tour dates today, with the tour starting on November 3rd. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Weedeater recently re-issued first two albums, "Sixteen Tons" and "...And Justice for Y'all." The long out of print albums are available as vinyl for the first time, as well as a CD and digitally at the Season of Mist E-shop and at Bandcamp. The North Carolina-based band also just finished recording a new full-length album, and first for Season of Mist, with long-time engineer Steve Albini. Catch the band live:
*All dates with FULL OF HELL and LAZER/WULF
Nov. 3 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
Nov. 4 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
Nov. 5 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
Nov. 6 Holyoke, MA @ Waterfront Tavern
Nov. 7 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
Nov. 8 Dayton, OH @ Rock Star Arena
Nov. 9 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Nov. 10 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
Nov. 11 Indianapolis, IN @ 5th Quarter Lounge
Nov. 12 Newport, KY @ Thompson House
Nov. 13 Atlanta, GA @ 529
Nov. 14 Savannah, GA @ Jinx
Nov. 15 St. Petersburg, FL @ The State Theater
In Search Of Sun Posts Guitar Playthrough
In Search Of Sun has teamed up with GearGods.net to launch a guitar play through video for title track off the band's debut album "The World Is Yours." Watch the video below.
"The World Is Yours" will be released digitally in North America via Raging Demon Entertainment on October 7th. It can be pre-ordered at iTunes here.
Commented the band, "The World Is Yours has been a while in the making, but it's a big shift up for us in terms of direction and sound and we can't wait to get out there and start playing these songs live. Expect an uplifting and hard-hitting journey through groove-ridden riffing and punching beats." More...
Arcane Releasing 2CD Set
Hailing from the fertile metallic Texas landscape, Arcane began its quest for glory in 1986, but it wasn’t until 1988 that the group solidified a line-up and recorded the "Mirror of Deception" demo.
In 1989, the group recorded a second demo tape that eventually secured an album deal with the then upstart record label, Wild Rags. 1990 saw the release of debut album "Destination Unknown." Despite beginning to write new material for a follow-up release, the members of Arcane decided to go their separate ways. One final Arcane demo was released as the "Ambiguity" EP in 1994.
Now, 20 years since the band's last release, Divebomb Records presents "Worlds Colliding: The Anthology," a 2-CD set containing all of Arcane’s studio recordings. Pre-orders are available at this location.
All of the audio has been digitally remastered and both demos have been faithfully remixed by original drummer, Jim King. The 20-page CD booklet also contains lyrics and archival photos and flyers. The track listing is: More...
Slash Releasing "World On Fire" Album
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators is back with the thunderous new album "World On Fire," which is out digitally via iTunes and will see CD release this coming October 13th, 2014. Pre-orders are available at this location.
You can watch the lyric video for "World On Fire" below (sorry, the short sighted people in the music industry who don't understand the digital age didn't make it available in all countries), and Slash will also be taking his show on the road in a big, arena-sized way later this year. These are the dates:
28 Nov - Phones4U Arena, Manchester
29 Nov - First Direct Arena, Leeds
01 Dec - Lg Arena, The NEC, Birmingham
02 Dec - SEE Arena, Wembley, London
04 Dec - SSE Hydro, Glasgow More...
Khaos Reveals New Album Details
Melodic rock outfit Khaøs today reveals more information regarding the release of debut album "Risen."
Recorded by Rolf Munkes at his Empire Studios in Germany and mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound in New York, "Risen" follows the 2012 "Rising" EP and will be released on October 20th via Plastichead Distribution/MRR Records. The track listing is:
01. After The Silence
02. Crisis Factor
03. Exalted
04. Loaded Question
05. End Of Daze
06. Merchants Of Khaøs
07. Ride The Chain
08. Hung The Moon
09. Imagined Danger
10. Static Windows
11. As Far As We Go
12. The Breathing Room More...
Psychostick Announces New Album
Chicago, IL based comedy group Psychostick is excited to share it's latest offering nine months after a successful crowd-funding campaign to build a studio with a promise of new material.
Now that day has come and the humorcore masters are ready to unleash their 4th full-length installment "IV: Revenge of The Vengeance," due out on November 4th, 2014.
This latest album from the band's laugh factory is the follow-up to 2011's "Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D," and the track listing is as follows:
1. Revenge of The Vengeance (0:42)
2. Obey the Beard (3:53)
3. President Rhino (2:12)
4. H-Flat (0:20)
5. So. Heavy. (4:48)
6. Dogs Like Socks (1:09)
7. Super Legit OFFICIAL Teaser #2 Explode (0:31)
8. Quack Kills (3:29)
9. Blue Screen (4:37)
10. NSFW (3:13)
11. Danger Zone (3:50)
12. New To The Neighborhood (0:53)
13. Loathe Thy Neighbor (4:57)
14. AWESOME! (3:32)
15. Choking Hazard (3:14)
16. Fight to the Death (3:18)
17. Bruce Campbell (2:40)
18. Trick or Treat (0:40)
19. Dimensional Time Portal (3:21)
20. The Power of Metal Compels You (2:04)
21. Outtakes IV: The Outtakening (3:47) More...
Encoffination Streaming Song Off Upcoming Album
The first single from "III - Hear Me, O' Death (Sing Thou Wretched Choirs)," the suffocating third full-length movement from U.S. death/doom duo Encoffination, is now playing online courtesy of Decibel Magazine. Listen to "Charnel Bowels Of A Putrescent Earth" below.
"III - Hear Me, O' Death (Sing Thou Wretched Choirs)" is the follow-up to Encoffination's 2011-released "O' Hell, Shine in Thy Whited Sepulchres" LP, and sees the group building on even more blackened occult passages, incorporating choral elements and organs to the band's already elementally disturbing hymns.
Poland's Selfmadegod Records will release "III - Hear Me, O' Death (Sing Thou Wretched Choirs)" on CD and via digital delivery in North America on October 21st, and a month later on 2xLP. A limited edition CD run is also in production. More...
Decapitated Streaming Full Album
Decapitated's new album "Blood Mantra" is seeing release today in Europe, with the North American version to drop on September 30th.
You can check our our review of the album right here, and today you can also stream the entire release online. Check it out below, thanks to Metal Hammer. The track listing is as follows:
01. Exiled In Flesh
02. The Blasphemous Psalm To The Dummy God Creation
03. Veins
04. Blood Mantra
05. Nest
06. Instinct
07. Blindness
08. Red Sun
Digipak Bonus-Track:
09. Moth Defect More...
Interview
Black Anvil Discusses “Hail Death” And Tour
It’s hard to gain respect as a black metal band, with many purists in the scene believing in order to be considered a black metal band you must live up to a certain standard. You must dress a certain way, have certain beliefs, and sound a certain way. Odinists can’t sing odes to Satan. Bands definitely can’t use keyboards or instruments other than traditional heavy metal drums-guitar-bass.
In the case of New York’s Black Anvil, the members are guilty of being from a region, New York, considered to be “hipster.” Many journalists focus on Black Anvil’s members playing in hardcore bands, a fact that has no bearing on the group’s sound. The group's latest record (reviewed here) “Hail Death” features elements considered untrue such as clean vocals, melodies, and even some groove.
In the following interview conducted during a tour with Skeletonwitch and Ghoul, vocalist/bassist Paul Delaney expresses frustration in that so many do not get his band. He makes its very clear that Black Anvil, is indeed, a black metal band. Expressing dark emotions, “Hail Death” is a passionate album with plenty of black metal elements such as blast beats, tremolo-picked riffs, and goblin shrieks. A reading of his lyrics brings all this passion together and puts into perspective the band’s convictions. More...
Devilment Releases New Music Video
Devilment - which features Dani Filth from Cradle Of Filth - today premieres a music video for "Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me," which can be seen below thanks to Loudwire.com.
The song will be featured on the band's upcoming debut album, "The Great And Secret Show," scheduled to be released on Halloween 2014 (October 31st).
Commented director Sam Scott-Hunter: "With this video I really wanted to capture the intensity of the song, and then shove it in your face to get the heart pounding - the visual equivalent of listening to it loud on your headphones in a dark room. So to do that we locked ourselves in a studio in deepest, darkest Suffolk, turned most of the lights out and the volume up, and we didn't come out again until we had that intense groove etched indelibly into the back of the camera. It's a dark song, and I wanted that heaviness to come across visually, but there's also an air of mystery and mysticism in what the band are doing, and to capture that we enlisted an incredible dancer, NagaSita, who has a wonderfully different and exotic take on the track. I hope when people watch this, they can turn the lights off, turn it up loud, and enjoy a really intense experience."
Added Dani Filth: "When we approached undertaking a video for the track 'Even Your Blood Group Rejects Me', the intention was to create something very visually disturbing, yet stunning to look at, in a minimalistic monochrome context. The idea was to really bring out the performance of the track and marry it to phantasmagorical images, all cut to the massive pounding beat.
"Through the inclusion of smoke, strobe-lighting, fire, Theban masks, exotic dance and silhouette, we have endeavoured to create a mystic atmosphere in which we plunged the entire studio into complete and utter darkness, so that the viewer's full attention is focused on these aforementioned traits, set adrift against what appears to be the timeless whirls of space.
"Sam Scott-Hunter the director and his assistant for the day, band photographer Dex Jezierski, both pulled out all the stops to make this video come to horrid artistic fruition, and we even enlisted the help of my wife Toni and daughter Luna for hair, angle-grinding, make-up and costume, all for the benefit of keeping our cinematic occult activities a closed secret from the unsuspecting human world. As a band we are all extremely pleased with the outcome of our dalliance with the dark arts and hope that viewers to this visual feast will enjoy it just as much as we did weaning the video from it's deep Satanic birth." More...
In Tormentata Quiete Reveals Album Details
On November 17th, My Kingdom Music will release the 3rd In Tormentata Quiete full-length album, titled "Cromagia."
The label describes it as "a masterpiece that's music and lyrical concept turns around the fact that music is coloured by emotions and 'Cromagia' sings about Man’s emotions moulded in colours."
The cover artwork can be seen below, and the "Cromagia" track listing is as follows:
1. Blu
2. Il profumo del Blu
3. Rosso
4. il sapore del Rosso
5. Verde
6. Il sussurro del Verde
7. Giallo
8. La carezza del Giallo
9. Nero
10. La visione del Nero
11. InVento More...
Nangilima Streaming "Stain Of A Broken Life"
The Swedish doomsters from Nangilima are ready with their debut album "The Dark Matter," due out November 8th, 2014.
Cover artwork for "The Dark Matter" was crafted by French artist Lenore Ani, who previously did the cover art for labelmates Absorbed. Xtreem Music comments:
"The debut album of Nangilima, also featuring members from Spain & Bulgaria, consist of 6 tracks of a dark, heavy and atmospheric Doom/ Death that will for sure please fans of bands like Swallow The Sun, Novembers Doom, Saturnus, Inborn Suffering, Doom:VS, etc."
The track listing for "The Dark Matter" is as follows:
1. Chemin Vers le Néant (Intro)
2. Stain of a Broken Life
3. Crimson Shroud
4. The Link of Reminiscence
5. The Dark Matter
6. Éternel Sommeil (Outro) More...
Misery Index Announces New Shows
Baltimore, Maryland's death metal extremists from Misery Index have announced a a string of North American tour dates.
The dates will see the band play alongside Decapitated in Chicago, Columbus, and Brooklyn.
Misery Index is touring in support of new album, "The Killing Gods." Check out a music video for "The Calling" taken off the album at this location.
Catch the band live on these dates:
11/13 t. Louis, MO @ Fubar
11/14 Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge with DECAPITATED
11/15 Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa with DECAPITATED
11/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus with DECAPITATED
Exclusive
Deep In Hate Premieres New Video
French outfit Deep In Hate released the "Chronicles of Oblivion" album earlier this Summer via Kaotoxin Records, but you haven't heard the last of the album yet!
Today the unrelentingly aggressive metal band has teamed up with us here at Metalunderground.com to exclusively premiere a new lyric video taken off the release for the track "The Cattle Procession."
Get imprinted with your bar code, shuffle into the death queue, and plug into your own personal apocalypse through the YouTube player below.
If you like what you hear, you can stream the full album and find ordering options at the Kaotoxin Records Bandcamp page here. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Introduction 00:56
2. Genesis of Void 03:54
3. The Cattle Procession 04:01
4. Altars of Lies 04:06
5. New Republic 03:47
6. The Unheard Prayers 04:31
7. The Divide 03:22
8. Wingless Gods 03:28
9. Beyond 06:44 More...
Podcast
Metalunderground.com Official Podcast, Episode 32
All right, let’s get the drill over with. We at the MetalUnderground.com Official Podcast are hosting two upcoming ticket giveaways through Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Co-host Kevin Perez (n0thinghead) has to compensate for his barren, metal-scarce South Florida existence somehow.
The Black Dahlia Murder (supported by Suicide Silence and Chelsea Grin) plays on Monday, October 13th, followed by Attila (supported by Crown The Empire and Like Moths To Flames) on Friday, November 14th. If interested, please submit your full name, matching your ID, to podcast@metalunderground.com with one of the headliners in the subject heading.
We properly kick off this week with another round of unsigned talent: Scranton, Pennsylvania’s Threatpoint, a straight-up, honest metal band that combines groove, thrash ’n’ roll, and the best of the American New Wave. Fans of Testament, DevilDriver, Sepultura, and Machine Head should pay close attention.
Opening anthem “Pave The Way” is taken from the band’s 2013 debut “Dead To Rise” (reviewed here), and stay tuned until the end, where we showcase the brand new song “Devil You Know,” taken from sophomore album “Careful What You Wish For.”
Speaking of Machine Head, the wily internet struck again this week, causing a leak that poured first single “Now We Die” (taken from upcoming eighth studio album “Bloodstone & Diamonds”) into the ears of thousands. Like real dudes - and unlike a certain unnamed band that rhymes with Metallica - the band have opted to roll with the punches and encourage you all to listen to, like, and share this song. We have, and you can hear our full thoughts presently.
Next, Kevin offers a review of “Language,” the recently released third studio album by Indianapolis, Indiana prog-heads The Contortionist. In his opinion, the band have gone “full-on Cynic” (or perhaps Opeth) and shed their deathcore outer-garments to the point where Kevin is unsure whether “Language” is even a proper metal record. However, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as you will hear.
Finally, we conclude with a rather euphoric reaction to the recently released track “At War With Reality,” taken from the upcoming album of the same title by Gothenburg metal pioneers At The Gates - the reformed band’s first studio material since 1995. As with The Haunted’s “Exit Wounds” and Carcass’ “Surgical Steel,” we think it signals a tremendous return, and until In Flames decide to pull their heads from their nether regions and rediscover metal, the melodic death style should be in safe, capable hands.
Listen here, don’t forget to catch more Threatpoint at our sign-off, and subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed. Enjoy!
United Progressive Fraternity Announces Debut LP
Formed from the ashes of respected Australian progressive rockers Unitopia, United Progressive Fraternity, which features Matt Williams, Dave Hopgood, Tim Irrgang & Mark 'Truey' Trueack joined by Guy Manning (Manning, The The Tangent), Daniel Mash (Maschine, The Tangent), & Marek Arnold (Toxic Smile, Seven Steps to the Green Door, Cyril, Flaming Row), has announced the imminent release of the debut album "Fall in Love With the World." The album is set to drop via digital release and jewel case CD on November 24th through InsideOut Music.
"Fall in Love With the World" will feature appearances from both Jon Anderson of Yes, as well as Steve Hackett of Genesis. A video featuring the track "The Water" with Anderson can be seen below.
The full track-listing can be found below:
1. We Only Get One World (Overture)
2. Choices
3. Intersection
4. The Water
5. Don't Look Back - Turn Left
6. Travelling Man (The Story Of ESHU)
7. Fall In Love With The World
8. Religion Of War
9. The Water (Alternative Mix) (CD only) More...
Neonfly Signs With Inner Wound, New LP This Fall
London melodic metal act Neonfly has signed on with Inner Wound Recordings for the release of the sophomore full length album "Strangers in Paradise." The album is set to drop on November 28th (EU), December 1st (UK) and December 2nd (North America).
"Strangers In Paradise" is the work of a band who have patently grown in stature and now very much developed their own true musical and lyrical voice. Issues addressed include invasion, addiction, social injustice, political corruption, the end of innocence and emotional loss. The album artwork (shown below), was inspired by Aztec/Mesoamerican culture, and was created by U.S. artist Jorge "Qetza" Garza.
The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69, Unisonic, Angra, Primal Fear, Krokus) and can be pre-ordered at this location.
Neonfly are currently on tour with Dragonforce on the UK leg of their "Maximum Overload" world tour. The UK tour runs through 18 cities, and almost all shows have sold out.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Whispered Dreams
2. Highways To Nowhere
3. Better Angels
4. Rose In Bloom
5. Heart Of The Sun
6. Aztec Gold
7. Fierce Battalions
8. Sons Of Liberty
9. Chasing The Night
10. Falling Star More...
Mors Principium Est Releases Second Studio Diary
Finnish melodic death metal act Mors Principium Est released the second part in a series of video studio diary reports leading up to the release of the new album "Dawn of the 5th Era." The album is will be available on December 5th via AFM Records.
The track listing for the album is:
1. Enter the Asylum
2. God Has Fallen
3. Leader of the Titans
4. We Are the Sleep
5. Innocence Lost
6. I Am War
7. Monster in Me
8. Apricity
9. Wrath of Indra
10. The Journey
11. The Forsaken
Check out part two here: More...
American Mafia Streaming New Track
U.S. rock act American Mafia, featuring former members of Quiet Riot, Doro, Artension and Riot, are streaming the new track "Your Good Lovin'." The song appears on the debut album "Rock N' Roll Hit Machine," which is available now via Grooveyard Records at this location.
The album features12 tracks of "top-shelf, world-class, dynamic, blues-based, retro-70s, Melodic Classic Rock music that hits hard & stands tall in musical class all its own." The band is the brainchild" of guitarist Tom Jude (Doro Pesch/Holy Water) and bassist Freddy Villano (Quiet Riot/Widowmaker/Holy Water). The band also features drummer Bobby Marks (Dokken) and a cast of guest rock vocalists such as John West (Artlantica/Badlands/Artension/Royal Hunt), Jimmy Kunes (Cactus/Flood the Engine), Don Chaffin (VOX/Red Lamb), Mike DiMeo (Riot/Masterplan/The Lizards), Ed Terry (Rondinelli/Rage & Beyond) and David Knight.
The track list for the album is:
1. Obsession
2. Every Time
3. Your Good Lovin'
4. Death & Satisfaction
5. Friendly Fire
6. If I Knew
7. Man on the Flying Trapeze
8. Living for the City
9. The Sky is Falling
10. Let Me Go
11. All I Need
12. Resurrection More...
Black Fate Posts Second Trailer For New Album
Greek power/progressive act Black Fate, featuring Sunburst guitarist Gus Drax and Destiny Dawn vocalist Vasilis Georgiou, released a second trailer clip for the upcoming fourth full length studio effort entitled "Between Visions & Lies." The album is slated for release on November 28th (EU) and December 2nd (North America) via Ulterium Records.
"Inspired by the giants in the genre, Black Fate have managed to create a very memorable album filled with crushing guitar riffs, haunting melodies, furious technical and melodic solos and songwriting that will satisfy even the most demanding metal fans. Black Fate are ready to make a mark in the metal scene! Perfect for fans of Kamelot, Symphony X, Conception and Evergrey."
The track listing for the album is:
1. Rhyme of a False Orchestra
2. Lines in the Sand
3. The Game of Illusion
4. Into the Night
5. In Your Eyes
6. Call of the Wild
7. State of Conformity
8. Without Saying a Word
9. Perfect Crime
10. Weight of the World
11. In Fear More...
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